I want to just start by saying how much we appreciate the work that has been done by Chad and Costa Rica in facilitating draft resolution A/75/L.119. I also understand that when one is responsible for a text like this, as the Ambassador of Costa Rica is, why one would want to proceed as expeditiousl…
It is a pity to have to take the floor in this way and that my colleague from Argentina has used the issue of the Zone of Peace and Cooperation of the South Atlantic to restate her country’s erroneous claims to the Falkland Islands.
I have to insist that the United Kingdom has no doubt about its so…
My thanks go first to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General both for his briefing today and for the huge amount of work that he and his team are doing, including in what have recently been challenging circumstances. Whenever Mr. Ruiz Massieu comes to the Security Council, he clearly se…
I, too, should like to join others in welcoming Special Representative Annadif back to the Chamber today, thank him for his briefing and welcome him to his new role. We are very grateful to him for the dynamic start that he has made in the job since he began. The work that he has done on his regiona…
Before I begin my statement, I would like to join others and you, Mr. President, in condemning the abhorrent murder of President Moïse of Haiti. We send our condolences to the people of Haiti and to President Jovenel Moïse’s family, and our thoughts are with the injured first lady. The Security Coun…
I thank Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Pedersen for his briefing. As others said, it is very good to see him back in the Chamber with us. I am also very grateful to Ms. Hussain for her briefing. I think that she offered us a stark description of the desperate situation in Syria, especially w…
The United Kingdom has a long history of voting in favour of this resolution. We consider the United States of America’s economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba to be harmful and counterproductive. The embargo damages the living standards of the Cuban people. And while the embargo is…
May I, too, begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary- General Ndiaye for his leadership in these challenging times and, through him, the military, peace and other personnel under his leadership for their service. I also thank President Lourenço for his contribution to our discussion…
Allow me to begin by joining other speakers in thanking Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haysom for his briefing and his honest analysis and reflections, as well as for setting out a very action-oriented plan for United Nations Mission in South Sudan going forward. It is clear from wh…
We very much welcome High Representative Borrell Fontelles’ attendance at the Security Council today and thank him for his briefing. We agree entirely with his emphasis on the importance of multilateralism.
The United Nations-centred, international rules- based system provides a foundation for coor…
I apologize for taking the floor. I would like to make clear our understanding that as amendment A/75/L.94, concerning paragraph 9 of draft resolution A/75/L.93, has been rejected, we are now being asked to vote on paragraph 9 of draft resolution A/75/L.93. The United Kingdom intends to vote in favo…
I wanted to start by, like others, thanking the co-facilitators, Georgia and the Philippines, for the modalities draft resolution (A/75/L.93) that we have before us today. It is the result of a lot of hard work on their part and on the part of colleagues around the room.
But I am not going to focus…
On behalf of the United Kingdom, I want to begin by expressing our thanks to Special Representative of the Secretary- General Fall for his continuing efforts to support and promote peace, stability and security in Central Africa, particularly amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and its …
May I begin by thanking the representatives of the delegations of Brazil and Haiti for their excellent explanations on their own amendments (A/75/L.90 and A/75/L.91) and, in particular, Haiti, for so graciously moving on the question of rule 91.
I will not set out the United Kingdom’s long-standing…
If my colleague from Haiti wishes to proceed expeditiously, the quickest way to do it would be to simply vote on the amendments as they have been submitted. I think people in this Hall will know that we Brits are quite keen on orderly queueing, and we are clearly standing on a line in this context. …
I confess, I do not really understand the logic of the proposal made by the representative of Haiti. Having said that, I thought his statement on the substance was an excellent statement but, to our mind, we have three amendments here that were submitted in sequence; we see the numbers on the docume…
May I begin for thanking you, Mr. Acting President, for taking the chair this afternoon for this meeting. It is good to see you on the podium, Sir.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland wants a cybercrime treaty that enjoys the widest possible support, builds on existing internat…
It feels particularly propitious to have you, Madam Vice-President, in the Chair for this agenda item. I would like to thank the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the CARICOM delegation for bringing today’s important resolution to the General Assembly. The United Kingdom is also pleased to be a spon…
Again, I will speak very briefly. Setting aside the fact that this is an unfortunate attempt to ambush the General Assembly with such language after the modalities draft resolution, contained in document A/75/L.59, was negotiated over several months and where those of us who put forward
amendments …
I take the floor to object to the draft oral amendment proposed by the Russian Federation to insert a new paragraph after paragraph 11 because the Russian Federation, having just resoundingly lost the vote on draft amendment A/75/L.61, is now trying to bind the hands of the General Assembly on futur…
